Early Decision Chance me please!

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UW GPA- 3.6
W GPA- 4.374
Without freshman year-
UW-3.71
W-4.52
ACT- 31 composite and 12/12 on the writing

School-
High School that is very competitive in IL class of 1000. ranked top 15 in nation. and no rank given

Activities:
Band-2 years
Orchestra- 4 years
Model United Nations- 2 years and president
Boys and Girls service club
Various intermural sports throughout the years

Extras:
Done something academic with all of my summers throughout high school
-took chemistry over the summer before 10th grade
-took shakespeare studies at the University of Oxford in England the summer before 11th grade
-Lifeguard summer going into 11th and 12th grades
-Intern at a University Diabetes Research Lab summer going into 12th grade. this lead to a publication so I am published and also I got a college rec from a world renown surgeon

-Taken the most rigorous courses after freshman year including 6 sciences (Physics Chem Bio AP Chem AP Bio and AP Physics C) normally a student takes four, very rarely a student takes five and I am the only kid in my class of 1000 taking 6.
-Also aside from those AP sciences I will or have taken- AP Psych and AP Calc AB as well as 5 years of language.
-I have also each year taken a class before school to fit more majors than normal into my schedule.

-Recomendations- One is absolutely amazing and the surgeon as a supplemental rec which is great

Leadership
-Phyllis Leadership program- program that aims to connect kids from the affulent north shore with kids from the south and west sides of chicago.
-SILC- Student Instruction Leadership Core- basically a TA, for biology
-Senior Helper- Senior that advise freshman through their trannsition and year through high school. I am practically their homeroom teacher.

Biggest pro:
Done something academic every summer (summer school, shakespeare @ Oxford, and the internship)
and also have taken a class before school each year!

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bump?

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You have great activities and outside interests, so be sure to play that up well on your essays. You didn’t mention your AP scores, but hopefully they are all fours and fives.

My only real concern is with your ACT score which puts you in the bottom 25% of admitted students.
If you can give your essays everything you’ve got your chances will be good.

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Yeah I think @ScienceGirlMom is pretty right. If you have questions about essay writing, I would start by reading what I just commented in this thread: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/1821022-what-are-some-things-i-can-do-too-boost-my-odds-of-getting-into-rice.html#latest

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AP scores that I have already taken are both 4s

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Your GPA and ACT are low for Rice.

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Thank you for your honest opinion @ClarinetDad16

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I would agree with the ACT evaluation, but the GPA seems fine, especially if you get good AP test scores I think

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40% of the class that actually entered in 2015 (class of 2019) had a perfect 4.0 GPA. A 3.6 is definitely on the low end. That said, rigor of course work, an upward trend and the quality of the high school might be mitigating factors. If you look through last year’s RD Results thread, you can draw your own conclusions.

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Maybe take some MOOC’s, come out with perfect grades, to show motivation and academic interest as well as ability to do well?

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@okon2122

ED is over lol